Six of One

by Sarah Bagby

 

Shaded letters (left to right, top to bottom): HIPPOGRIFF

 

 

Across

Down

5. CICADA (“sick Ada” hom.)

1. pOP A QUEstion

9. PRO (d.def.)

2. vERNE

10. GANG + RENE

3. W + HER + E

12. F(ormer) E(uropean) U(nion) D(uchies)

4. N(eed) O(nly) N(egligible) E(xpenditures)

13. stonewARE TESserae

5. CRETI(O)N

14. BB + Q

6. ITS + ELF

16. W(UH)AN

7. ATE (“tea” anag.)

17. revile

8. DOUBLE (“be loud” anag.)

18. yoU LUrk

11. RAN + A

19. STANDOF + F (“soft and” anag.)

15. QUICK + LIMES

24. teach

19. SU + CH

25. HO(A)XES (“oh sex” anag.)

20. DIASTOLE (“I led a sot” anag.)

26. Y + AK

21. BACCHIC (“Bach ick” hom.)

30. DAKOTAN (“Tonka ad” anag.)

22. kazaKH A KIlem

32. RHODINOL (“rowed in all” hom.)

23. SEWN

33. BEG + EM (“me” rev.)

27. AE + NE + ID

35. yACED (“decay” rev.)

28. D + ADO

 

29. memorandA RE Adelphia

 

30. DOtaGE

 

31. AL(E)E

 

34. GAR (“rag” rev.)

 

Fore

Hind

a. HI + GHTAIL (“alight” anag.)

a. WESTMINSTER (“Times strewn” anag.)

b. SHORTCAKE (“court shake” spoonerism)

b. EIDERDOWN (“eyed her down” hom.)

c. F(REEB)OOT (“beer” rev.; “around” j.t.o.)

c. GUMSHOE (“Moe hugs” anag.)

d. SOFT + P + EDAL (“deal” anag.)

d. F(I)G(L)EAF (“gaffe” anag.)

e. D(a -> O)GWOOD

e. WHISTLESTOP (“host wet lips” anag.)

f. DAIS + Y + CHAIN (“china” anag.)

f. PIE(EYE)D

g. BU + GBEAR (“barge” anag.)

g. CARTWHEEL (“reel watch” anag.)

h. GO + L + D(W)ATE  + R

h. WH(igs) IT(alians) EW(oks) AT(habascans) ER(itreans)

i. HOEGAARDEN (“he groaned a” anag.)

i. J(AILBI + R)D (“alibi” anag.)

j. BUCK + BEAK

j. EYEPATCH (“yet cheap” anag.)

 

Theme entries (first half of a “Fore” word, second of  “hind” word)

HOEgaarden + eiderDOWN

HIGHtail + whiteWATER

SHORTcake + whistleSTOP

DOGwood + eyePATCH

SOFT-pedal + gumSHOE

BUGbear + pie-EYED

BUCKbeak + westMINSTER

DAISY-chain + cartWHEEL

GOLDwater + fig LEAF

FREEboot + jailBIRD

Solution grid fixed in 2010 by the archivists of Beginner's Luck. The original one was blank.